Looking at Life items from a 1960s Tripoli paper
A collage of local notes and events: a fire at Union House with about 1000 dollars in damage, births, school news, market prices from 25 and 55 years ago, bond vote in Leroy township No. 1 for a new rural school, staff changes at Tripoli High School, valedictorian and salutatorian announcements, obituaries for Edwin Hakner and Christ Pipho, a fund-raising drive consolidation proposal by the Tripoli Commercial Club, 25th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Schlichting, ground preparation for corn on Brocka farms, a new Tripoli town siren, and notes on the 1963 senior class commencement and fire-call charges outside Fre ment township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union House
BE. L. Kelsey
A. C. Moehling
Arthur
Leroy Township School District No. 1
Charles Hughes
Tripoli High School
Fayette Public Schools
Board of Education
Ruth Weidler
Patricia Goebel
Edwin H. Hakner
St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Tripoli
Tripoli Commercial Club
Town Hall
Christ Pipho
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Maxfield
Wm. Barrack
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mark
Elmer Wilharm
Hawkeye Boys’ State
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
William Schlichting
Tripoli Town Hall
Eldon J. Buhlmann
Carl F. Wendt
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
Ed Brocka
Leroy Brocka
Ed Brockas
Tripoli Community School
Baer Appeals to Stop Prisons as Political Football
Iowa prison policy became a partisan issue as J Ben Baer urged officials and candidates to drop prison use as a political football. Atty Gen Evan Hultman attacked Gov Hughes prison policies while Hughes defended his prison visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. Ben Baer
Evan Hultman
Hughes
Baer
State fire marshal flags three state buildings near statehouse
Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson issues a critical letter about the old Amos Hiatt school housing the state commerce commission the vocational rehabilitation division office and the state archives building all located near the statehouse stating they are unsafe. The state executive council has asked for a detailed report from Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Johnson
Amos Hiatt
State Commerce Commission
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
State Archives
Statehouse
Johnson
State Executive Council
All American garden picks guide shows 1963 winners
County Extension Director Gene Vincent presents a weekly garden column highlighting 1963 All-American selections in Iowa. Buttercrunch lettuce, Executive snap beans, and Hercules squash performed well in Ames trials. Advice covers staking, pruning, herb plantings, and practical tips for heat, harvest, and storage. A five-year-old Appaloosa mare Daisy twins at Lee Simons farm near Cherokee county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Vincent
Iowa
Ben F. Vance
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Hercules
Ames
Executive
Daisy
Lee Simons Farm
Cherokee County
Man helps wife into car signals new ownership
A husband closing the door and assisting his wife into a vehicle is a strong hint that he has recently acquired either the car or his spouse. This brief observation notes a domestic scene as a sign of new ownership dynamics.
Also Mentioned on This Page
LIFE
Legislative Interim Committee
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Carroll Price
State Board of Control
John Shoeman
Atlantic
Rolland Brown
Anamosa
Price
Brown
Reformatory
Ray Purcell
Iowa Welfare Association
Clyde Downing
Welfare Association
Board of Control
Anamosa Reformatory
Davis
Erges
Davis Paint Store
Waverly
Sumner, Iowa
Ben Vance
Briggs & Stratton Engines
Towne’s
Tankwagon
Bremer County
State of Iowa
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
W. L. Mooty
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Robert W. Naden
Webster City
Hamilton County
Melvin D, Synhorst
Orange City
Sioux County
Chet B
Akers
Ottumwa, Wapello County
M. L. Abrahamson
Boone
Boone County
Dean Reed
Polk County
Secretary of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Keosauqua
van Buren County
Harry B. Thompson
Grandview
Louisa County
W. N. Bump
Garry D. Woodward
Muscatine, Muscatine County
Congress
H. R. Gross
Ernest J. Seemann
Vernon H. Kyhl
Parkersburg
Butler County
Henry W. Busch
Dorothea Slemmons
Alice Krueger
Ernest W. Brandt
Ivan J. Ackerman
Phil Gross
Board of Supervisors
Reinhard A. Buhr
Henry W. Hochberger
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